Violent Games = Less Real World Violence

[Padre]

http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2005/08/violent_video_g.php

I read this article in PC Gamer, but today my boss was going on a rant about how "violent video games" are what's wrong with society. If you know anyone who says that, have them take a good look at the graph towards the bottom.

[PraiseA||ah]

I just don't have the time for both mass murder AND leveling my new mage and getting my expert badges on BF2.

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Wonder how the infamous anti-videogamer (and all around asshole), Jack Thompson, feels about those charts.

Speaking of that idiot, here's an interesting (yet month old) article about the recent goings on between him and one of my favorite sites, Penny Arcade.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051019-5458.html

[JimmyTango]

When I play violent video games I have an urge to touch myself where I pee from.

[SavageParrot]

Legalise pot and it would drop even further. Everyone would be too stoned to do anything but veg out on the playstation

[Padre]

The article from PC Gamer (Issue has FEAR on the cover) is a tad more elaborate than the link I posted. Also there's a similar column from "The Economist" (cited on the site I linked) that's pretty much all the same info but still worth a look.

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4246109